Political Responses to Underemployment among African Americans

Herring, Cedric; Jones-Johnson, Gloria

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“…A classical study by Burris (1983) concluded that overeducation was not related to a scale of political alienation or to other political variables. Similarly, Herring and Jones-Johnson (1990) did not find the expected relationship in a study on the political participation of African American workers in the United States, nor did Amoretti (1999) in an analysis of underemployment and political interest, political trust, and ideology in the European Union. In contrast, Vaisey (2006) found some of the predicted effects in the United States, but they were only strong and statistically significant for men.…”

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The Political Significance of Overeducation: Status Inconsistency, Attitudes towards the Political System and Political Participation in a High-Overeducation Context

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2022

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This article examines the impact of overeducation on attitudes towards the political system and political participation. Using survey data from Spain, diagonal reference models were estimated to contrast hypotheses based on the theory of status inconsistency. The evidence links overeducation to political attitudes (lower satisfaction with the functioning of democracy, lower external political efficacy) and political participation (greater participation in protests, higher membership in associations). Most of these effects are modest and some of them are moderated by age. Overall, the findings indicate that overeducation has relevant political consequences, mainly among young, university-educated workers doing jobs with low educational requirements. However, overeducation does not pose a major threat to political stability.

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